1944 United States Senate election in Kansas

none March 2026 March 2025 1944 United States Senate election in Kansas Kansas 1927 presidential no 1938 United States Senate election in Kansas 1938 1950 United States Senate elections in Kansas 1950 (special) November 7, 1944 150x150px File:1940 Senator Clyde M. Reed (R) of Kansas (cropped).jpg Clyde M. Reed Republican Party (United States) 387,090 57.84% 3x4.svg Thurman Hill Democratic Party (United States) 272,053 40.65% 1944 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg 270px County resultsReed: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Hill: #7996E2 50–60% U.S. Senator Clyde M. Reed Republican Party (United States) Clyde M. Reed Republican Party (United States) The 1944 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican Senator Clyde M. Reed ran for re-election to a second term. He was initially challenged by former Senator George McGill, whom he had defeated in 1938. However, after winning the Democratic nomination, McGill withdrew from the race to accept an appointment to the U.S. Tariff Commission. McGill was replaced as the Democratic nominee by Thurman Hill, an Independence attorney and former Public Service Commissioner.Name Thurman Hill as Reed's Opponent The Wichita Eagle August 19, 1944 Wichita, Kansas 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/167170575/ March 3, 2025 Reed defeated Hill in a landslide as Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey handily won the state over President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic primary Candidates George McGill, former U.S. Senator Results Democratic primary resultsRyan Frank J. Thirty-Fourth Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1943-1944 Kansas State Printing Plant Topeka, Kansas 1944 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015056784716&seq=3 March 3, 2025 George McGill Democratic Party (United States) 40,568 100.00% 40,568 100.00% After McGill won the primary, he withdrew from the race upon his nomination to the U.S. Tariff Commission. He was replaced as the Democratic nominee by Thurman Hill, an attorney from Independence, former member of the Kansas Public Service Commission, and counsel to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Republican primary Candidates Clyde M. Reed, incumbent U.S. Senator Carl E. Friend, former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Chauncey Dewey, Brewster rancherChauncey Dewey Comes Back Into Headelines Manhattan Mercury July 16, 1944 Manhattan, Kansas 7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-mercury/167170958/ March 3, 2025 Results Republican primary results Clyde M. Reed (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 86,107 55.89% Carl E. Friend Republican Party (United States) 54,490 35.37% C. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 13,460 8.74% 154,057 100.00% Prohibition primary Candidates L. B. Dubbs Results Prohibition primary results L. B. Dubbs Prohibition Party 116 100.00% 116 100.00% Socialist primary Candidates Arthur Goodwin Billings Results Socialist primary results Arthur Goodwin Billings Socialist Party (United States) 26 100.00% 26 100.00% General election Results 1944 United States Senate election in Kansas Republican Party (United States) Clyde M. Reed (inc.) 387,090 57.84% +1.64% Democratic Party (United States) Thurman Hill 272,053 40.65% -3.13% Socialist Party (United States) Arthur Goodwin Billings 2,374 0.35% — Prohibition Party L. B. Dubbs 7,674 1.15% — 115,037 17.19% +4.76% 669,191 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1944 United States Senate elections References 1944 Kansas United States Senate